Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090218383 | Control Valve Assembly for Fastener-Driving Tool - A new and improved trigger-actuated control valve assembly for use within a fastener-driving tool wherein upper and lower control valve housing members are adapted to be fixedly mated together by a bayonet-type connection defined by a pair of diametrically opposed lug members disposed upon the lower valve housing member and a ledge structure defined upon the upper valve housing member. In addition, the trigger-actuated control valve assembly is fluidically connected to the upper control air chamber of the fastener-driving tool by externally disposed air passages which do not comprise complex compound angles and are therefore able to be integrally cast within the fastener-driving tool housing along with a cavity for housing the new and improved trigger-actuated control valve assembly. | 09-03-2009 |
20090314818 | Fastener-Driving Tool Having Trigger Control Mechanism for Alternatively Permitting Bump Firing and Sequential Firing Modes of Operation - A new and improved trigger control assembly ( | 12-24-2009 |
20120280016 | SIDE-BY-SIDE MULTI-STRIP MAGAZINE FOR FASTENER DRIVING TOOL - A magazine assembly for a fastener driving tool having a nosepiece defining a fastener passageway includes an inner mobile member at least partially defining at least first and second chambers for receiving fasteners, and an outer stationary member at least partially surrounding the inner mobile member and engageable relative to the nosepiece. The inner mobile member is movable relative to the outer stationary member in a direction transverse to fastener travel in the magazine assembly. | 11-08-2012 |
20120292472 | MULTI-POSITION UTILITY HOOK ASSEMBLY FOR A TOOL - A multi-position hook assembly for use in a tool that includes a hook having a first leg and a second leg joined by a top span member, and a mounting member configured for slidably receiving the top span member and releasably locking the hook in a plurality of positions. | 11-22-2012 |
20120298716 | Fastener collation having a collation of frangible fastener alignment caps - A fastener collation includes a collation of alignment caps fitted over the pointed ends of respective fasteners for maintaining the fasteners in a parallel-spaced configuration for positioning the nosepiece of a pneumatically powered fastener-driving tool for driving a fastener, such as a nail, through an aperture in a workpiece, such as a metal channel, into an underlying workpiece, such as a wood beam. The alignment caps each include a convex tip which enables tactile placement of the nosepiece of the tool when the tip is dragged on the surface of the workpiece with the purpose of positioning the tip into the aperture. | 11-29-2012 |
20130320062 | DUAL CHANNEL MAGAZINE LOCKOUT SYSTEM - A magazine is provided for a fastener driver and includes a magazine housing defining a first track for slidingly accommodating a first length fastener, a second track for slidingly accommodating a second length fastener, and a follower mounted to the housing and operating between a retracted position and an advanced position, the follower having a claw constructed and arranged for engaging fasteners slidably engaged in either of said first and second tracks. The first length fastener is longer than the second length fastener, and the follower is constructed and arranged in the magazine housing such that when the second length fastener is placed in the first track, the follower claw fails to engage the second length fastener. | 12-05-2013 |
20140110452 | FASTENER-DRIVING TOOL INCLUDING A REVERSION TRIGGER - A fastener-driving tool includes a housing and a workpiece-contacting element movable between a rest position and an activated position. The tool also includes a trigger connected to the housing and movable between a rest position and an activated position, a control valve including an actuating pin, an actuation lever movably connected to the trigger and movable between a rest position and an actuating position adjacent to the actuating pin, and a trigger control mechanism associated with the actuation lever and configured for moving and holding the actuation lever in the actuating position. In a powered mode, the trigger control mechanism causes the-actuation lever to move and remain in the actuating position such that the tool is actuated each time the workpiece-contacting element contacts a workpiece and moves to the activated position causing the actuation lever to contact the actuating pin and initiate an actuation of the tool. | 04-24-2014 |
20140252060 | ACTUATION LOCKOUT FOR A FASTENER-DRIVING TOOL - A fastener-driving tool including a housing, a power source including a reciprocating driver blade, a tool nose configured for receiving the driver blade for driving fasteners fed into the nose and a magazine configured to house a collation including a plurality of the fasteners. A workpiece contact element is movably connected to the nose and moves between a rest position and an actuated position when the workpiece contact element is pressed against a workpiece, the workpiece contact element moves to the actuated position. A lockout mechanism is operatively associated with the workpiece contact element and the magazine, and is in contact with the collation in a first position when fasteners are in the magazine and moves to a second position when a last fastener in the collation has been driven by the driver blade to block the workpiece contact element and prevent further actuation of the tool. | 09-11-2014 |